The opinion in support of the decision being entered today
(1) was not written for publication in a law journal and
(2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DONALD L. PLUMTON and TAE S. KIM
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Appeal No. 1998-2962
Application No. 08/485,079
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, BARRETT and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
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This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 10-15 , all of the
pending claims.
The invention is directed to both a vertical FET and a heterojunction bipolar
transistor, each having, respectively, a drain or collector made of a III-V semiconductor
material with a surface having a crystal plane orientation of (100) within 0.5°.
1The appendix to the brief indicates a claim “1" on appeal but this clearly refers to claim “10.”
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